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[Dancing bear].
1774
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 03/Normal/18th c./Artist Bretherton GA 2011.00528
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1774/04/01.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Bears—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animal trainers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dancers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wind instrument players—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Dancing bear].
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 03/Normal/18th c./Artist Bretherton GA 2011.00528
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcx920g860f
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1774/04/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1774
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 24 x 29.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Drypoints
- Depiction: Caricature; dance scene. Man wields stick to control muzzled dancing bear while another man plays musical instrument at right; another man observes from left.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Mr. Bunbury del.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Js. Bretherton f.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Bears—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animal trainers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dancers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wind instrument players—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8c329f72-51c2-455d-85cc-cb3676cf5f3a/manifest